Saturday, December 31, 2011

I will keep this short as I am getting ready to head out. Mr. M and I are going to a friend's house to ring in the New Year (our kids are spending the night at another friends house so I'm already celebrating)

Just wanted to wish all my friends & followers a Happy New Year! I hope you've all had a wonderful 2011 and will have an even better 2012.

I have many things to look forward to in the upcoming year, but most of all I look forward to being able to ring in another New Year with Mr. M.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

﻿If you want to link up head on over to either blog and join in. Here are my 11 in 11:

11. Favorite movie you watched: Super 8 (this was hard because I really wanted to say Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2; but Super 8 was such a surprise and I'm a huge Science Fiction fan)

10. Favorite TV series: The Walking Dead (this again was hard, how do you choose just one? Currently it's Grimm since the The Walking Dead is on it's winter break; but I cannot wait for it's return in February)

9. Favorite restaurant: Currently it's Laurelwood (probably because we were just there on Christmas Eve) The food and drink are always delicious and my girls love it there so it's a great place to go with my whole family.

8. Favorite new thing you tried: Blogging!

7. Favorite gift you got: I know this will sound a little material, but my favorite gift was a pair of black boots I got one morning after breakfast with my family. They are so cute and comfortable and they were an unexpected gift from Mr.M!

6. Favorite thing you pinned: Again how to pick just one - this is a pin that inspired my daughter's 2nd birthday party and it's something I actually recreated!

3. Favorite picture: This was taken at the tree farm when we were cutting down our Christmas tree. I think it shows the true personality of my family.

2. Favorite memory: I have so many memories from this year and all of them are great, but something I will remember for many, many years to come is going camping with my dad and sister. We only lasted one night (it rained) but we made it work the best we could. It was just like when we were young!

1. Goal for 2012: To survive kindergarten! Oh yeah and I'm running 2 relay races this summer. I would like to survive those also!

Monday, December 19, 2011

Winter vacation officially begins for me today! So of course my little one had to wake up at 6:30 and Mr. M forgot to turn off his alarm (it went off at 6:15) so I'm awake. But I can stay in my PJ's for awhile. (At least until I have to take my other daughter to art camp) I'm also linking up with Oh Boy Fourth Grade for a currently party. So here is what I'm currently doing right now:

Head on over to join in the fun (and see what your other blogger friends are up to!)

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

6 weeks, 6 weeks, it's been 6 weeks since my last post. I had such fabulous intentions of posting all of my wonderful Thanksgiving and Gingerbread activities and then report cards happened and assessment happened (which I had to do individually, every child reading AND math) and data charts happened and inputting the data from the assessments happened and then BAM it's December 14th and 6 weeks have gone by.

Luckily there are many wonderful bloggers out there who were keeping up with their blogs and offering fantastic resources so that I could be able to put together some fun lessons for my students. I have especially enjoyed all the gingerbread ideas floating around out there in blogland. I have always taught using the different gingerbread stories but now I have math stations and write the room stations and word work to go with it. THANKS!

I had intended to post this last night but I was finishing my data charts (that are due today) so now you have a Wednesday top ten. Enjoy - maybe this will offer you some Christmas cheer to take you through the end of the week.

Here are my favorite Holiday Movies!

1. Elf

2. Christmas Vacation

3. It's a Wonderful Life

4. Love Actually

5. A Christmas Story

6. The Muppets' Christmas Carol

7. The Family Stone

8. A Charlie Brown Christmas

9. Miracle on 34th Street (The Original)

10. Home for the Holidays

I am hoping that along with some much needed time off, I will be able to post more during winter break. Thanks to all my new followers, I appreciate you checking out my little blog.

Here is a little goodie I am sending home in my students' report cards. Something to keep them busy over winter break!Breaking the Winter Doldrums

Also I found this gem on Pinterest (where else) and it is currently hanging up on my classroom door.
Enjoy!

About Me

I have been teaching 12 years, all of them in grades k-2. I am currently teaching a k-1st loop and loving it.( I have my bachelor and master degrees in elementary education and last year I earned my National Board Certification in Early Childhood Education. I have 2 darling daughters (most of the time) and a wonderful husband, Mr. M. I love cooking, doing anything in the outdoors and traveling.